108 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



thus fuLfilled, and his regret that he has been hindered by 

 ill-health from preparing, as he had intended, a condensed 

 statement of the results of observations of much earlier date, 

 beginning with Dr. Huxham's in 1728. Having the materials 

 in his hands, he hopes they will yet be turned to account by 

 himself or others, as they constitute a very interesting adjunct 

 to our own records. A sufficient number of copies of this 

 summary has been printed, over and above those issued to our 

 members, for sale to anyone interested in our climate. The 

 ordinary meteorological observations have been recorded and 

 published as usual. 



Among the events of the past year, with which this 

 Institution was more or less associated, was the Great International 

 Fisheries Exhibition, whose bearings on Cornish interests were 

 amply explained by our noble president in his address at the 

 Spring meeting. Every facility which these rooms could afford 

 has been gladly furnished to the county committee, and it may 

 be hojaed that the Museum will be ultimately enriched by an 

 illustrative collection. The remarkable success of the exhibition 

 ought to be advantageous to Cornish fishermen and to the 

 consumers of fish, and we must all be gratified by the consi^icuous 

 part taken in it by our much esteemed member, Mr. Thomas 

 Cornish, permanent evidence of which is fortunately in our 

 possession in his two capital lectures, issued by authority, on 

 crustaceans, and on mackerel and pilchard fisheries. Another 

 subject of a more quiet order was referred to in the last year's 

 report — the memorial of Eichard Trevithick. The central 

 committee is a large and highly distinguished one, but the 

 contributions obtained from the whole country, about £1,000, 

 will barely constitute a nucleus for prizes to students after the 

 requisite outlay on a statue. Meantime a memorial edition of 

 the life of Richard Trevithick has been issued, which contains a 

 very interesting and fully illustrated account of his numerous 

 and important discoveries. Taking the buildings of the 

 Institution as they stand, we possess a very creditable Museum 

 and Theatre for Lectures, and a pleasant library and rooms for 

 sociable meetings. Every effort ought to be used to render this 

 old foundation as ]perfect as possible, and especially looking to 

 the now more central position of Truro, in its relation to the 

 county, our volumes should keep pace with the progress of 



